This thesis describes a representation of gait appearance for the purpose of person identification and classification. This gait representation is based on simple localized image features such as moments extracted from ...

Quantum entanglement has evolved from being "spooky action at a distance" to being a fundamental information-theoretic resource, extending the frontiers of what is possible in communications, computation, and cryptography. ...

There is a fundamental connection between the notions of game and of computation. At its most basic level, this is implied by any game complexity result, but the connection is deeper than this. One example is the concept ...

Power electronics based on Gallium Nitride (GaN) is expected to significantly reduce the losses in power conversion circuits and increase the power density. This makes GaN devices very exciting candidates for next-generation ...

In frequency modulation (FM) systems, a continuous-time information signal is modulated onto a sinusoidal carrier wave by using the information signal to modulate the frequency of the carrier wave. In this thesis, a more ...

I present a General Linear Camera (GLC) model that unifies many previous camera models into a single representation. The GLC model describes all perspective (pinhole), orthographic, and many multiperspective (including ...

Every story about an event offers a unique perspective about the event. A popular sporting event, such as a Major League Baseball game, is followed by several summary articles that show different points of view. The goal ...

The research communities, technologies, and tools for image formation are diverse. On the one hand, computer vision and graphics researchers analyze incoherent light using coarse geometric approximations from optics. On ...

This monograph studies the theory of information through the multiuser secret key agreement problem. A general notion of mutual dependence is established for the secrecy capacity, as a natural generalization of Shannon's ...

This dissertation describes a method for systematic constraint-based test generation for programs that take as inputs structurally complex data, presents an automated SAT-based framework for testing such programs, and ...